Michael Parloff: Lecture on the Life and Music of Dmitri Shostakovich

[@moonpengyou]

Благодарю Вас за такую прекрасную лекцию!

[@leslieackerman4189]

Excelllent presentation. Not only its scope but the material and the quality of Mr Parloff's voice, inflexion and pronunciation.

[@gabbyr8215]

can we just all agree that this man's voice is very calming?

[@theguitardivision]

Yes but for god's sake get him some water! Smacking his lips between each sentence feels like he's licking the inside of my ear :/

[@MD-cn1nt]

@@theguitardivision It's maddeningly distracting.

[@markpaterson2053]

As a teen, I started listening to the orchestra through film scores, such as Goldsmith, Williams, etc; discovering Shostakovich, Prokofiev and the like revealed my true taste in music.

[@lotusbuds2000]

Me too

[@leslieackerman4189]

Just fyi: There are better sounding recordings of this performance on KZbin. As I could perceive the conductor was the great Kirill Kondrashin.

[@blueberrypoptart2424]

This was fantastic.

[@Bleakhouse7]

Superb!

[@SuperCheeseBlock]

Wonderful and interesting lecture on Shostakovich. Very thought-provoking commentary/analysis on his music. I was intrigued by the plainly thematic connections between his symphonies and his art songs. Also enjoyed the video footage of Shostakovich.

[@renzo6490]

What impresses me is that Parloff is able to speak articulately…without notes

[@garrysmodsketches]

Yes! He learns his lectures by heart

[@renzo6490]

@@garrysmodsketches that, if true, might be even more impressive.

[@yaschaeffer]

I’ve listened to these sublime lectures on the wonderful Shostakovich quartets, and also those he gave on the Beethoven Quartets more times than I could count….. Will there ever be a similar lecture series on the *other* series of must-hear 20th century String Quartets: the 6 quartets by Bartók? I feel it’s a glaring omission. 2 out of the 3 greatest sets of string quartets down, one to go…… (with Michael Parloff, of course!) Make it happen!

[@DarwinIsInCharge]

I just spent glorious hours listening to this forgetting I was stuck in LA traffic

[@mjc01]

Really great stuff. Thank you so much Michael Parloff for this lecture and to the Lincoln Center for making this available.

[@imitatio]

Wow. This is everything musicology can be: should be. Thanks for making it so.

[@PhilipDaniel]

27:38 A texture like those of Ligeti ... or like Langgaard's "Music of the Spheres"

[@steveg8322]

That last quote was truly and simply profound as regards this great man.

[@yousrikouedi400]

very informative lecture, I enjoyed it, thanks to Mr . Michael Parloff

[@evezhang2076]

I just finished listening to Russian history 1, & 2, very good lecture, learn so much of the Russian Novel land, the roots of the ballet etc...... thank you so much.

[@marcelafraustosalas814]

Very interesting!!. Thanks very much for sharing!!!

[@miladeskandari7]

This is worth 5 or 6 books each having 500 pages. Fantastic lecture

[@praaht18]

marvelous lecture. thanks.

[@classicalperformances8777]

Another wonderful lectur3. The 1st sy almost didn't happen actually due to jealousy at the conservatorie. Enters:mama bear. And Glasunov

[@annakimborahpa]

Thank you, Michael Parloff, for taking on the mic to parley about Shosty.

[@yiquanawalkb4run26]

Thank you for this wonderful lecture

[@leslieackerman4189]

Very good presenter! Knew the subject extremely well

[@schkar8846]

Thank you, Sir!

[@homeofcreation]

Wonderful lecture and that last quote can be extrapolated to many others. The term hero had been degraded to a meaningless label. The term consequential has luckily not yet.

[@richardlitwin4046]

What a beautiful man - Parloff I mean. Tov lekha, gavri.

[@emendez]

That "invasion theme" is truly magnificent

[@iamhere6893]

Time stamp?

[@aydenrodriguez5355]

I am Here 1:25:38

[@retf054ewte3]

I think one of the requirements to attend this lecture was being bald. 1:38:20

[@jackdomanski6758]

How does one spell this name in Latinized form? Mikhail Kuv...? 51:54

[@garrysmodsketches]

Quadri

[@bencartlidge11]

1:19:03 he said "resisting Soviet aggression" instead of "resisting Nazi aggression".... Well, probably

[@NerdilyDone]

45:00 Y'know, as much as it was wrong for Stalin to threaten death for Shosty's work, that "Lady Macbeth" play is really gross. I don't understand the appeal.

[@jbiwer32]

1:27:37 Well.....i like Bela Bartok even less now.